Synopsis

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.

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Now, in this book, we have made the old romances much shorter, keeping the liveliest parts, in which curious things happen. Some of the tales were first told in Iceland eight hundred years ago, and are mostly true and about real people. Some are from the ancient French romances of the adventures of Charlemagne, and his peers and paladins. Some are from later Italian poems of the same kind. ‘Cupid and Psyche’ is older, and so is the story of the man who was changed into a donkey. These are from an old Latin romance, written when people were still heathens, most of them. Some are about the Danes in England (of whom you may have heard), but there is not much history in them.

Contents

How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werwolf -- The Disenchantment of the Werwolf -- The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands -- The Death of Gunnar -- Njal's Burning -- The Lady of Solace -- Una and the Lion -- How the Red Cross Knight slew the Dragon -- Amys and Amyle -- The Tale of the Cid -- The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance -- The Adventure of the Two Armies who turned out to be Flocks of Sheep -- The Adventure of the Boiling Lights -- The Helmet of Mambrino -- How Don Quixote was Enchanted while guarding the Castle -- Don Quixote's Home-coming -- The Meeting of Huon and Oberon, King of the Fairies -- How Oberon saved Huon -- Havelok and Goldborough -- Cupid and Psyche -- Sir Bevis the Strong -- Ogier the Dane -- How the Ass became a Man again -- Guy of Warwick -- How Bradamante conquered the Wizard -- The Ring of Bradamante -- The Fulfilling of the Prophecy -- The Knight of the Sun -- How the Knight of the Sun rescued his Father.